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Joshua 24:3

AbrahamCanaanIsaacCanaanRiver
God's faithfulnessCovenant and promises

1 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

2 And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,

4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

5 Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
KJV
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
WEB
I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his offspring, and gave him Isaac.
ASV
And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
DARBY
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him throughout the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed and gave him Isaac.
BLB
And I took your⁺ father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave to him Isaac.
ÅB
Og jeg tok deres far Abraham fra andre siden av elven og lot ham vandre om i hele Kana'ans land; og jeg gjorde hans etterkommere tallrike og gav ham Isak.
OTB
Men jeg tok deres far Abraham fra den andre siden av Eufrat og førte ham gjennom hele Kanaans land og gjorde hans etterkommere mange, og jeg ga ham Isak.
B1930
Og jeg tok eders far Abraham fra hin side elven og lot ham vandre om i hele Kana'ans land; og jeg gjorde hans ætt tallrik og gav ham Isak.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 12:1–4

    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

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  • Genesis 21:2–3

    So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

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  • Acts 7:2–3

    And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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  • Genesis 15:5

    And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

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  • Psalms 127:3

    Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

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  • Nehemiah 9:7–8

    You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.

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